Government: Moussaoui Case May Be Lost

AP on Yahoo ^ | 3/14/06 | Matthew Barakat and Michael J. Sniffen - ap

[NormsRevenge]

In this artist's rendering, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema listens to testimony from attorney Carla Martin, regarding the coaching of witnesses, as Zacarius Moussaoui sits in federal court in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, March 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)

[NormsRevenge]

What do terrorists have to fear these days anyway?

If caught, they will likely get off or get away with their deeds regardless.

We are our own victims of our own government and judicial system, a system more intent on protecting the "rights" of the accused than of the citizens of this nation.

[LS]

You have to wonder why in the world an attorney, who should know the procedures, would do such a stupid thing in such a high-profile case. This is exactly why you don't try such terrorists: you ship them to Gitmo and have them "disappear."

[TChris]

The White House should never have thrown this bone to those hyperventilating over detention of enemy combatants. When you're going to join in a war against the USA, you're no longer under civilian criminal law. You're just another enemy combatant like the rest.

[Hank Rearden]

Idiots.

Speak, tagline, speak!

Goooooood tagline. Sit. Stay.

[Mike Darancette]

Put him up for life with the Ayrian Brotherhood, they would be in agreement about the Jewish problem.

[pointsal]

What law school gave a diploma to Carla Martin???

Is she an Ivy League School?

[GOP_Proud]

It's not like he is getting a "get out of jail free" card. He gets life without parole. This mistake affects the penalty phase only. Besides, in the interest of making lemonade out of lemons, I'm betting someone inside saves us the trouble of killing him.

A stupid, stupid blunder, yes. But one WE can live with.

[King Prout]

WHO.IS.THIS.CARLA.MARTIN???

seriously, she did something very, VERY stupid.
I would like to know who appointed/hired her, what her political affiliations are, what her bank account activity has been for the last four years, etc...

[jammer]

I agree--and certainly think the man should be executed, based upon what I know, or think I know; however, let's not forget Ms. Martin, who should be treated with tar and feathers. Can't she win a case on the merits?

[oyez]

The war on terror is being lost in and by the media, in academia, in Hollywood and the liberal churches. Planes crashing into skyscrapers, mass poisoning and ignition of nuclear material are considered acceptable losses. Meanwhile, if we make nice to the terrorists they will start to accept us.(major gag)

[FreedomCalls]

What law school gave a diploma to Carla Martin???

More importantly, why does Carla Martin still have a job in the U.S. Justice Department?

[Pragmatic Warrior]

Moussaoui is NOT getting away with anything. At minimum, he'll spend the rest of his life in jail. The maximum will be the death penalty.

Needless to say, regardless of which sentence he receives, he won't be leading any parades.......

[Pragmatic Warrior]

Carla Martin should be fired, disbarred, and found in contempt.

With that resolution to the problem, the judge should then be reversed by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the death penalty phase of the trial should go forward post haste!!

[Shermy]

"Government: Moussaoui Case May Be Lost"

I think the government has done a great job. They got a crazy terrorist to plead guilty to a terror act he was not part of. And life imprisonment.

[MizSterious]

I was talking to a friend at lunch--he wonders if someone paid this "lawyer" off to do this. In his mind, it seems too far-fetched for a real "lawyer" to be that stupid.

[NormsRevenge]

he won't be leading any parades.......

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That is true, but this whole affair has made a laughing stock of the judicial process, imo. There is plenty of blame to go around for this latest twist.

He would have killed untold numbers had he had opportunity and some will say, It's good that he didn't, at least he won't get another chance.

Remember tho that he was part of a conspiracy that did kill thousands. He deserves the same fate as his fellow terrorists, Death, not life in a cell.

[Thebaddog]

Trust me, attorneys can be morons. They just like to rephrase it so that they say that they are morons.

[Slump Tester]

Stick some plutonium in his cell under his bunk.

It worked with Jack Ruby.

[jude24]

According to Martin Huberdale, this gal's JD is from Washington College of Law; her BA from University of Tenn. at Knoxville.

(It's scary the information that can be found on LexisNexis.)